From 8d98da3f1107529d5ba49aea1fa285f7264b7cba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Zbigniew=20J=C4=99drzejewski-Szmek?= <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 19:30:17 -0400
Subject: journalctl: allow the user to specify the file(s) to use

This is useful for debugging and feels pretty natural. For example
answering the question "is this big .journal file worth keeping?"
is made easier.
---
 man/journalctl.xml | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

(limited to 'man/journalctl.xml')

diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index 66100816a..f39986817 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -462,15 +462,29 @@
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><option>-D</option></term>
-                                <term><option>--directory=</option></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Takes a
-                                directory path as argument. If
-                                specified journalctl will operate on the
-                                specified journal directory instead of
-                                the default runtime and system journal
-                                paths.</para></listitem>
+                                <term><option>-D <replaceable>DIR</replaceable></option></term>
+                                <term><option>--directory=<replaceable>DIR</replaceable></option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a directory path
+                                as argument. If specified journalctl
+                                will operate on the specified journal
+                                directory
+                                <replaceable>DIR</replaceable> instead
+                                of the default runtime and system
+                                journal paths.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>--file=<replaceable>GLOB</replaceable></option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a file glob as
+                                argument. If specified journalctl will
+                                operate on the specified journal files
+                                matching <replaceable>GLOB</replaceable>
+                                instead of the default runtime and
+                                system journal paths. May be specified
+                                multiple times, in which case files will
+                                be suitably interleaved.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
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